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Meet Aaron Whelan Harvey: Conservative candidate for North Jesmond
Standing for election for the Conservative Party in North Jesmond, Aaron Whelan Harvey is an International Politics student at Northumbria University. In his spare time, he enjoys boxing and says he...
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Meet Laura Cummings: Labour candidate for South Jesmond
Software engineer Laura Cummings has been campaigning for the Labour party for more than a year, after feeling, she says, frustrated with budget cuts under the Conservatives. She says she is passionate...
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Meet Tim Dawson: Green Party candidate for South Jesmond
Tim Dawson has lived in Jesmond for more than 20 years and been involved with the local Green Party for around 15 years. The reason he got involved in the Green Party is, he says, not just because it...
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Meet Dom Eiben: Reform UK candidate for North Jesmond
Dom Eiben is a local parent with a seven-year-old son and spends much of his weekends at soft plays and adventure parks, he says. Born in Australia, he came to England nearly 17 years ago and works as...
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Meet Philip Browne: Liberal Democrat candidate for North Jesmond
Originally from Ireland, North Jesmond Liberal Democrat Party candidate Philip Browne moved to the north east with his wife to raise their two daughters. He works as an executive career coach and says...
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Meet Joshua Clark: Conservative candidate for South Jesmond
After living 16 years in Blyth, then Whitley Bay, 21-year old Joshua Clark now lives in Newcastle where he is in his third year of studying politics and international relations at Northumbria...
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Meet Stella Postlethwaite: Labour candidate for North Jesmond
A North Jesmond councillor for the last six years, Stella Postlethwaite is currently studying part-time at Northumbria University, having already completed a masters degree in chemistry at Durham...
View ArticleElection hustings – live!
JesmondLocal is hosting its traditional election hustings event this evening and our reporters, Eszter Racz and Alice Nicholson, will be live-blogging all the main talking points. Follow all the action...
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Meet Shehla Naqvi: Green Party candidate for North Jesmond
Shehla Naqvi describes herself as a community activist who has developed and led services to tackle health and social inequalities in areas of multiple deprivations. She is a founding member of the...
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Labour secures seats across both Jesmond wards
The vote count at Northumbria University Sport Central (Credit: Alice Nicholson) The Labour party has managed to hold on to both seats up for grabs in the South and North Jesmond wards in the 2022...
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